Outside, the Hunters and soldiers were all preparing for the magic tide, but inside the examination room, it was quite quiet.

Li Jiongming held the blood sampling needle, and after aligning it with the vein in Yan Luo's arm, he pierced the needle down.

Soon after, his brow furrowed slightly.

Yan Luo's skin was very tough, and although the needle was sharp enough, without applying force, Li Jiongming could not pierce Yan Luo's skin.

"Professor, let me do it." Sasa said softly.

Li Jiongming glanced at Sasa, stepping aside to let her operate.

Sasa was already quite skilled at drawing blood from Yan Luo, knowing how much force was required to pierce the needle into his vein. However, this time, she used even more strength than usual, yet still did not succeed in one go.

"You've become stronger again." Sasa said in surprise, as she applied more force and successfully inserted the needle into Yan Luo's vein.

Yan Luo said, "Originally, I returned to Blue Star from the entrance of the Phantom Palace, but I was pursued by two City-breaking Level Demons. The garrison at the outpost killed one, but the other pursued me too closely. If I didn't risk fighting, I would have died, so I had no choice but to unleash my full power, which was detected by the officer there. Before he could act against me, I made the first move and escaped from that outpost. However, I took care not to kill any of the soldiers there, so being wanted is not a problem."

"Fleeing in haste, I couldn't take the exoskeleton and vehicles with me, leaving everything behind at that outpost. I ran back to the Crimson Abyss without a weapon, killing my way from the Crescent Mountain Range to the Dark Forest. Fortunately, I didn't encounter any City-breaking Level Demons along the way, or I wouldn't know how I could have escaped."

Although Yan Luo did not mention it, Sasa knew that he must have consumed a significant amount of demon flesh and blood along the way.

Because he was always unarmed, having to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the demons, aside from the enhancement his skin and muscles gained from repeated use, they became even tougher.

Seeing Sasa's skillful actions, Li Jiongming shook his head and smiled, "You two have been cooperating for quite a while, haven't you?"

Sasa paused in her movements, then nodded, "It's been a few months."

"Just as I thought." Li Jiongming took the blood tube from Sasa's hand and placed it into the blood analyzer nearby.

The blood analyzer at the checkpoint was much more advanced than the second-hand one Sasa had bought, able to produce results in just a few minutes.

Before the analysis results came out, some examinations on Yan Luo still needed to be done. Li Jiongming did not do them himself but let Sasa help Yan Luo with the checks.

Sasa was very familiar with this task, and seeing this, Li Jiongming couldn't help but shake his head again.

"To be honest, I already knew beforehand that there was certainly something going on between the two of you."

Li Jiongming's words did not distract Sasa; she continued to perform the physical examination on Yan Luo while saying, "I only have a set amount of energy each day. If I spend too much on Yan Luo, I'll lack energy upon returning to the dormitory. Professor, you discovered the problem through this, right?"

Li Jiongming chuckled, "Exactly. Initially, you still injected yourself with stimulants to cover up, but after a couple of months, you stopped doing that because you knew I found out you had issues?"

Sasa nodded, "At the beginning, I thought I was covering it up well. But as time went on, I noticed you rarely questioned what I was doing when I went out, and realized I hadn't been able to hide it from you."

Listening to the conversation between Sasa and Li Jiongming, Yan Luo couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

The two of them were smart people; they knew the other had issues but never directly pointed them out.

Li Jiongming curiously asked, "How did you find out Yan Luo had issues?"

Sasa reached out to grab Yan Luo's wrist, then turned her head to Li Jiongming, saying, "When I first met Yan Luo, I shook hands with him. You know my brain is very developed, and through shaking hands with him, I discovered his muscle structure was different from ordinary people. Even those born as Warriors don't have different muscle structures from ordinary people, so I concluded Yan Luo had issues. Later, I tricked him, and indeed, got the truth."

"So that's it."

Li Jiongming nodded appreciatively, and then asked, "To what extent has Yan Luo's physical capabilities been enhanced now?"

"His absolute strength should already exceed 1.6 tons, and his punch force might even have reached 3.8 tons," Sasa replied. "Each time he enters the Abyss, he gains tremendous growth, and this time, he killed his way from one end of the Crimson Abyss to the other, so his improvement is significant. Yan Luo's physical abilities have an enhancement mechanism inclined towards strengthening one particular aspect during the absorption of Magic Power, allowing the enhancement of that aspect."

Where Yan Luo's body's secrets were exposed, apart from 'Yan Luo needs to consume demon flesh to absorb large amounts of Magic Power' and 'the secrecy of Yan Luo's blood', everything else could be confessed, which was the result of a discussion between Yan Luo and Sasa.

At this moment, Yan Luo interjected, "After this magic tide, I might get even stronger."

In spite of not having slept for several days, the slaughter of demons during this period kept Yan Luo's spirit high, and he didn't feel fatigued at all.

Thus, he would also participate in the magic tide interception battle that followed.

"Absolute strength of 1.6 tons..."

Even Li Jiongming could not help but suck in a breath of cold air upon hearing this figure.

While there are carbon-based lifeforms on land capable of exerting this level of strength, the issue is that Yan Luo's height and weight are clearly not on par with those animals.

As a human, Yan Luo's physiological structure should not support such absolute strength.

Yet his absolute strength had indeed reached this level!

The look in Li Jiongming's eyes towards Yan Luo immediately changed.

Sasa hurriedly spread her arms, warningly placing herself in front of Yan Luo, "Professor, although you are my teacher, Yan Luo is my research subject. I already have a few basic papers ready, just waiting for his secret to be exposed so I can publish them! You, as a teacher, can't rob your student of their research subject, right?"

"A teacher can't rob a student's research subject." Li Jiongming first nodded and then said, "But then again, Yan Luo is a human being with free will; he shouldn't be treated as someone's property."

"Professor!" Sasa stomped her foot in anger.

Quickly after, Sasa turned to Yan Luo, nervously asking, "Yan Luo, you trust me more, right?"

Yan Luo did not hesitate and nodded, "I trust you more. During the time we've been together, you've kept your promises well and helped keep my secrets."

Sasa let out a sigh of relief, smugly looking at Li Jiongming, with a smug smile, "Professor, you can't say anything to that, right? Yan Luo isn't a researcher, so his physique definitely needs someone to study it. For him, I'm the most suitable choice."

Li Jiongming shook his head helplessly; he just wanted to tease Sasa a bit...

Indeed, Li Jiongming had considered studying Yan Luo's physique, but he was now old, and his energy wasn't what it used to be. There were already many issues requiring his concentrated effort in the Abyss, so he had no energy left to research Yan Luo's physique.

Beep Beep!

At this moment, the blood analysis results came out.

Li Jiongming glanced at it and immediately exclaimed, "Wow, Yan Luo, the hormone levels in your body are really high. Your blood could be directly used as a stimulant when drawn."

Besides the hormone levels being high, other problems couldn't be determined through blood analysis and would require further research.

Li Jiongming had no intention of further researching Yan Luo's physique; he was invited by the garrison at the checkpoint to confirm whether Yan Luo was still a human.

Now the results were out; Yan Luo was still human, except for having a more special physique similar to that of ordinary humans.

After sending the inspection report to the head of Crimson No.2's garrison, Li Jiongming quietly waited in the examination room together with Yan Luo and Sasa.

It wasn't long before the examination room door opened, and a soldier who had been waiting outside came in and said, "Yan Luo, you can go now."

Evidently, the garrison head accepted Li Jiongming's inspection results, determining that Yan Luo was still human.

In reality, this inspection was merely a formality; the soldiers at the checkpoint all knew Yan Luo, having inspected him many times, and knew for sure he was human and not a mutant creature.

Yan Luo nodded at the soldier and left the examination room with Sasa.

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